Member
Brando BENIFEI
S&D · Italy
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
78.5 %
4 653 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
S&D median: 89.9 % (−11.4 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
95.9 %
4 462 of 4 651 votes where their group had a line
S&D median: 96.3 % (−0.3 pts)
120 opposite (for ↔ against), 26 abstained against the line, 11 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Brando BENIFEI | 78.5 % |
| S&D median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 30.4 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 138 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Brando BENIFEI | 95.9 % |
| S&D median | 96.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 81.9 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 138 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of S&D; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 17 | 129 for, 499 against, 18 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 27 to paragraph 17 | 151 for, 442 against, 83 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 16 | 194 for, 387 against, 90 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 15 | 131 for, 513 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 15 | 225 for, 439 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 14 | 318 for, 246 against, 114 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 14 | 155 for, 437 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 13 to paragraph 14 | 139 for, 443 against, 96 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 13 | 206 for, 457 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 12 | 195 for, 466 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 12 | 206 for, 453 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 12 | 231 for, 411 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 30 to paragraph 12 | 328 for, 297 against, 55 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 24 to paragraph 12 | 221 for, 420 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 11 | 321 for, 318 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 11 | 213 for, 450 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 11 | 178 for, 473 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 11 | 210 for, 453 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 11 | 212 for, 448 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 11 | 172 for, 465 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 11 | 172 for, 428 against, 76 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 29 to paragraph 11 | 342 for, 310 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 37 to paragraph 11 | 151 for, 468 against, 47 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 10 | 158 for, 475 against, 37 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 7 | 77 for, 586 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 6 | 93 for, 517 against, 67 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 6 | 66 for, 568 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 6 | 100 for, 505 against, 71 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 4 | 193 for, 464 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 4 | 192 for, 456 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 | 116 for, 520 against, 28 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 3 | 210 for, 434 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 3 | 218 for, 425 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 2 | 188 for, 443 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 1 | 181 for, 442 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 6, adding text before paragraph 1 | 68 for, 475 against, 110 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 4, adding text before paragraph 1 | 63 for, 507 against, 70 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section III Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 | 84 for, 467 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA Final vote on the provisional agreement | Passed 593 for, 7 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Final vote | Passed 452 for, 182 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 33, adding text after recital 28 | 232 for, 389 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 42 to recital 28 | 327 for, 311 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 41 to recital 22 | 302 for, 335 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 29, adding text after recital 6 | 254 for, 377 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 38 to recital 6 | 220 for, 409 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 40 to recital 5 | 312 for, 262 against, 100 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 39 to recital 3 | 327 for, 247 against, 102 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 49 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point c | 321 for, 309 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 37 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point b | 217 for, 409 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt Amendment 36 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point a | 228 for, 413 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Constitutional AffairsAFCO Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on International TradeINTA Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Legal AffairsJURI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of BrazilD-BR Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Chair | 30 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assembly | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Anti-CorruptionIG10-01 Intergroup / working group | Member | 16 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Anti-Racism and DiversityIG10-02 Intergroup / working group | Member | 14 Feb 2025 | now |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| No dossier named | Official delegation | INTA | 22 Sept 2026 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 19 Aug 2026 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 23 Jul 2026 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | AFCO | 9 Jul 2026 |
| 91st EU-US inter-parliamentary meeting of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue, 19-20 June 2026, Nicosia, Cyprus) | Official delegation | D-US | 15 Jun 2026 |
| EUROLAT mission to Mexico | Official delegation | DLAT | 19 May 2026 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 19 May 2026 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 13 May 2026 |
| Monitoring and controlling drug precursors and repealing Regulations (EC) No 273/2004 and (EC) No 111/2005 | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 13 Apr 2026 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | JURI | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Mr. Benifei will join D-US Enlarged Bureau meeting - Washington D.C - in his capacity of D-US Chair.\n | Official delegation | D-US | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) | Opinion rapporteur | JURI | 2 Mar 2026 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | JURI | 27 Feb 2026 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | INTA | 18 Feb 2026 |
| Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade | Rapporteur | INTA | 29 Jan 2026 |
| Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) | Shadow rapporteur | IMCO | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) | Shadow rapporteur | IMCO | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 1 Dec 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | INTA | 24 Oct 2025 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair · 3 declarations | D-US | 16 Jul 2025 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 30 Jun 2025 |
| ECON Committee mission to United States, California, 20-24 July 2025, ITER reference ECON/10/02449 | Official delegation | 30 Jun 2025 | |
| Institutional aspects of the Report on the future of European Competitiveness (Draghi Report) | Rapporteur | AFCO | 30 Jun 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | AFCO | 10 Jun 2025 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair · 2 declarations | D-US | 2 Jun 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | INTA | 15 May 2025 |
| Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 7 May 2025 |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 7 Apr 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | IMCO | 7 Apr 2025 |
| Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports | Opinion rapporteur | INTA | 21 Feb 2025 |
| INTA delegation to New Delhi | Official delegation | 18 Dec 2024 | |
| No dossier named | Shadow rapporteur | JURI | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC - 2023/0290(COD) – COM(2023)0462 – IMCO/9/1305 | Shadow rapporteur | IMCO | 21 Oct 2024 |
| INTA Delegation to London, United Kingdom, on 28-30 October 2024 | Official delegation | 10 Oct 2024 | |
| Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive). | Shadow rapporteur | IMCO | 7 Oct 2024 |
| Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine 2024/0234(COD). | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 2 Oct 2024 |
| INTA Committee ad hoc delegation to London, UK | Official delegation | 1 Oct 2024 | |
| No dossier named | Delegation chair | D-US | 25 Sept 2024 |
| INTA Committee Delegation to the WTO Public Forum in Geneva (10-12 September) | Official delegation | 9 Sept 2024 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 66
- Justice, rule of law & rights 46
- Economy & single market 44
- Digital, AI & data 36
- Migration & asylum 19
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 18
- Trade & customs 17
- Defence & security 14
- EU budget & funds 12
- EU institutions & Parliament 11
- Transport & tourism 11
- Health 9
- Climate & environment 5
- Energy 5
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 2
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
60 contributions recorded; 6 on behalf of their group; 83 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 132
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 86
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D · Centre-left · social democracy
National delegation
- Delegation Italy National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 30 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Brando BENIFEI”. Member record. memberId 124867. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/124867?page=100&roles=all&vscope=all (retrieved 30 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124867. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/124867?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-124867,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Brando BENIFEI}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/124867?page=100&roles=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/124867?page=100&roles=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-30},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 124867. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124867. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}